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4. C. pteroeaula Desv. Joum. Bot. Hi. 76 (1814) ; stipules 

 mostly obtuse. ^ — BentJi. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 19, t. 2 ; Griseh. 

 op. cit. 178 (excl. syn.). 



"HoUis's savanna, St. Ann & Clarendon," Purdie !— Trinidad, Panama, 

 tropical South America. 



Shrubby, 2 ft. high, the whole plant covered with brownish-yellow 

 adpressed hairs. Leaves linear-lanceolate, densely hairy on both sides, 

 2-4(-8) cm. 1. ; stipules variable, some at least obtuse, others toothlike or 

 lanceolate. Racemes few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, 5 mm. 1. ; bracteoles 

 lanceolate, 3-5-4 mm. 1. Calyx 11-12 mm. 1. Standard 8-9 mm. 1.; 

 wings shorter than standard ; keel a little longer. Pod 3-4 cm. 1. 



§ 2. Leaves 3-foliolate. 



5. C. lotifolia L. Sp. PL 715 (1753) (by error latifolia) ; 

 leaflets narrowly elliptical ; peduncles 1- or few-flpwered, axillary, 

 short; calyx about 8 mm. 1., exceeded by the corolla; pods 

 puberulous. — Macf. Jam. i. 240 ; Griseh. op. cit. 180 ; Vrh. 

 Symh. Ant. iv. 281. C. trifolia fruticosa foliis glabris &c. Shane 

 Cat. 141 & Hist. a. 33. C. loti folio &c. Dill. Eltli. 121, t. 102, 

 /. 121. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Between the Town Savanna and Two Mile Wood, Sloane Herb. vi. 5 ! 

 Shakspear ! Masscni ! Macfadyen ! Great Valley, Slanchester, Purdie ! 

 Great Goat Is., Harrisl PI. Jam. 9323. — Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, 

 St. Thomas, St. Cruz. 



Shrubby, to 6 ft. high; branches tomentellous. Leaflets 5 cm. 1., 

 petioles and under surface silky pubescent ; stipules minute. Caltjx 

 5-partite, pubescent. Pod obovoid-oblong, apex truncate, about 2 cm. 1. 



6. C. pumila Orteg. Hort. Matr. 23 (1800) ; leaflets oblanceo- 

 late or narrowly oblanceolate-oblong, 1-2*5 cm. 1, ; calyx 

 3 mm. 1., corolla twice as long; pod puberulous, 1-1-5 cm. 1. 

 — Griseh. op. cit. 179 ; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. i. 227. 

 C. lupulina H. B. (£■ K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vi. 402, t. 590 (1824). 

 C. litorahs H. B. <t- K. torn. cit. 401 (1824). 



St. Ann, McNah ! March ! St. Ann's Bay, Prior ! also Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 10,368. — Florida and Keys, Bahamas, Cuba, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Vincent, 

 Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Venezuela. 



Perennial, to 3 ft. ; branches diffuse or decumbent, pubescent or 

 glabrate. Leaflets puberulous beneath ; stipules setaceous, deciduous. 

 Racemes about 9- or 10-flowered, or corymbiform 2-3-flowered. Calyx 

 5-partite, puberulous or glabrescent. Pod oblong. 



7. C. ineana L. Sp. PI. 716 (1753) ; leaflets broadly elliptical 

 or obovate ; racemes 5-many-flowered ; calyx 7-10 mm. 1., 

 exceeded by the corolla ; pods pilose with spreading hairs. — 

 Macf. Jam. i. 242; Griseh. op. cit. 180; Urh. torn. cit. 281. 

 C. trifolia. fruticosa foliis rotundis &c. Sloane Cat. 141 & Hist, 

 a. 34, t. 179,/. 1. Specimens in Herb. Mus. Brit, from Hort. 

 Clifi". & Sloane. 



Common, Sloane Herb. vi. 6 ! Barham and Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii, 76 ! 

 Wright ! Liguanca, Bronghton ! Macfadijen ; Distin 1 St. Mary, McNah ! 



